O. Reg. 267/05: GENERAL

 

ontario regulation 267/05

made under the

health insurance act

Made: June 1, 2005
Filed: June 3, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 18, 2005

Amending Reg. 552 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. Section 37.5 of Regulation 552 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

37.5 (1) This section, as it read immediately before April 1, 2002, continues to apply with respect to payments for services rendered before April 1, 2002.

(2) This section, as it read immediately before April 1, 2005, continues to apply with respect to payments for services rendered after March 31, 2002 and before April 1, 2005, except that, with respect to services rendered after March 31, 2004 and before April 1, 2005, the amount in the Table to this section as it existed at that time shall be read as if it said “$466, 375” instead of $455,000”.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

37.6 (1) The basic fee payable for an insured service rendered by a physician in Ontario, as set out in the schedule of benefits, shall be increased by 2.5 per cent if,

(a) the service is rendered on or after April 1, 2004; and

(b) the service is listed in the publication of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care entitled “List of Family Practice Professional Fees described in s. 4.A.1(a) of the 2004 Memorandum of Agreement between the Ontario Medical Association and the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care”.

(2) The basic fee payable for an insured service rendered by a physician in Ontario, as set out in the schedule of benefits, shall be increased by 2 per cent if,

(a) the service is rendered on or after April 1, 2004; and

(b) the service is listed in the publication of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care entitled “List of Specialist Practice Professional Fees described in s. 4.A.1(b) of the 2004 Memorandum of Agreement between the Ontario Medical Association and the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

37.7 The basic fee payable for an insured service rendered by a physician in Ontario, as set out in the schedule of benefits, shall be increased by 1 per cent if,

(a) the service is rendered on or after April 1, 2005; and

(b) the service is listed in the publication of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care entitled “List of Technical Fees described in s. 4.A.1(c) of the 2004 Memorandum of Agreement between the Ontario Medical Association and the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care”.

4. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Sections 1 and 3 shall be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2005.

(3) Section 2 shall be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2004.